Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare Systems, and Multimedia: Proceedings of Kes-Inmed-19 and Kes-Iimss-19 Conferences
暫譯: 醫療與健康系統及多媒體的創新：Kes-Inmed-19 與 Kes-Iimss-19 會議論文集

本書包含了2019年6月17日至19日在馬爾他島聖朱利安舉行的KES國際會議，主題為醫療與健康創新（KES-InMed-19）以及智能互動多媒體系統與服務（KES-IIMSS-19）的會議紀錄，這些會議是KES智慧數位未來2019多主題會議的一部分。

KES-InMed-19主要涵蓋的領域包括：醫療保健中的數位IT架構；醫療與健康的先進ICT；生物醫學工程、趨勢、研究與技術以及健康支持系統。KES-IIMSS-19主要涵蓋的領域包括：互動技術；人工智慧與數據分析；智能服務、架構與應用。

本書對於這些充滿活力的領域中的研究人員、管理者、產業界人士以及任何希望了解這些領域最新研究的人士都具有參考價值。

Yen-Wei Chen was born in Hangzhou, China in 1962. He received his B.E. degree in 1985 from Kobe University, Kobe, Japan. He received his M.E. degree in 1987, and his D.E. degree in 1990, both from Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. He was a research fellow at the Institute of Laser Technology, Osaka, from 1991 to 1994. From October 1994 to March 2004, he was an Associate Professor and a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan. He is currently a Professor at the College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan. He is also a Visiting Professor at the College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. He was a visiting scholar at Oxford University, Oxford, UK in 2003 and at Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA in 2010. His research interests include medical image analysis and pattern recognition. He has published more than 300 research papers. He has received many distinguished awards including Best Scientific Paper Award of ICPR2013 and Outstanding Chinese Oversea Scholar Fund of Chinese Academy of Science. He is the Principal Investigator of several projects in biomedical engineering and image analysis, funded by the Japanese Government.

Alfred Zimmermann is a Professor at Reutlingen University, Germany. He is Director of Research and Speaker of the Doctoral Program for Services Computing at the Herman Hollerith Center, Boeblingen, Germany. His research is focused on digital transformation and digital enterprise architecture with decision analytics in close relationship with digital strategy and governance, software architecture and engineering, artificial intelligence, data analytics, Internet of Things, services computing, and cloud computing. He graduated in Medical Informatics at the University of Heidelberg, Germany and obtained his Ph.D. in Informatics from the University of Stuttgart, Germany. Besides his academic experience he has a strong practical background as a technology manager and leading consultant at Daimler AG, Germany. Professor Zimmermann keeps academic relations of his home university to the German Computer Science Society (GI), the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the IEEE, where he is part of specific research groups, programs, and initiatives. He serves in different editorial boards and program committees, and publishes results from his research at conferences, workshops, as well as in books and journals. Additionally, he supports industrial cooperation research projects and public research programs.

Robert Howlett is the Executive Chair of KES International, a non-profit organization that facilitates knowledge transfer and the dissemination of research results in areas including Intelligent Systems, Sustainability, and Knowledge Transfer. He is a Visiting Professor at Bournemouth University in the UK. His technical expertise is in the use of intelligent systems to solve industrial problems. He has been successful in applying artificial intelligence, machine learning and related technologies to sustainability and renewable energy systems; condition monitoring, diagnostic tools and systems; and automotive electronics and engine management systems. His current research work is focussed on the use of smart microgrids to achieve reduced energy costs and lower carbon emissions in areas such as housing and protected horticulture.

Dr. Lakhmi C. Jain, Ph.D., M.E., B.E.(Hons), Fellow (Engineers Australia) is with the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, and Liverpool Hope University, UK. Professor Jain founded the KES International for providing a professional community the opportunities for publications, knowledge exchange, cooperation and teaming. Involving around 5,000 researchers drawn from universities and companies worldwide, KES facilitates international cooperation and generates synergy in teaching and research. KES regularly provides networking opportunities for professional community through one of the largest conferences of its kind in the area of KES. His interests focus on the artificial intelligence paradigms and their applications in complex systems, security, e-education, e-healthcare, unmanned air vehicles and intelligent agents.

Yen-Wei Chen 於1962年出生於中國杭州。他於1985年獲得日本神戶大學的工學學士學位，1987年獲得日本大阪大學的工學碩士學位，1990年獲得工學博士學位。他於1991年至1994年期間擔任大阪激光技術研究所的研究員。從1994年10月到2004年3月，他在日本琉球大學電氣與電子工程系擔任副教授及教授。目前，他是日本立命館大學資訊科學與工程學院的教授，同時也是中國杭州浙江大學計算機科學與技術學院的訪問教授。他於2003年在英國牛津大學和2010年在美國賓夕法尼亞州立大學擔任訪問學者。他的研究興趣包括醫學影像分析和模式識別，已發表超過300篇研究論文。他獲得了多項卓越獎項，包括2013年國際模式識別會議最佳科學論文獎及中國科學院傑出華人海外學者基金。他是多個由日本政府資助的生物醫學工程和影像分析項目的首席研究員。

Alfred Zimmermann 是德國萊特林根大學的教授。他是德國博布林根赫爾曼·霍勒里斯中心服務計算博士課程的研究主任和發言人。他的研究專注於數位轉型和數位企業架構，並與數位策略和治理、軟體架構和工程、人工智慧、數據分析、物聯網、服務計算和雲計算密切相關。他在德國海德堡大學獲得醫療資訊學學位，並在德國斯圖加特大學獲得資訊學博士學位。除了學術經驗外，他在德國戴姆勒股份公司擔任技術經理和首席顧問，擁有強大的實務背景。Zimmermann教授保持與德國計算機科學學會（GI）、計算機協會（ACM）和IEEE的學術關係，並參與特定的研究小組、計劃和倡議。他在不同的編輯委員會和程序委員會中服務，並在會議、研討會以及書籍和期刊中發表研究成果。此外，他支持工業合作研究項目和公共研究計劃。

Robert Howlett 是 KES International 的執行主席，這是一個非營利組織，促進知識轉移和研究成果的傳播，涵蓋智能系統、可持續性和知識轉移等領域。他是英國伯恩茅斯大學的訪問教授。他的技術專長在於利用智能系統解決工業問題。他在將人工智慧、機器學習及相關技術應用於可持續性和可再生能源系統、狀態監測、診斷工具和系統，以及汽車電子和引擎管理系統方面取得了成功。他目前的研究工作專注於利用智能微電網在住宅和受保護的園藝等領域實現降低能源成本和減少碳排放。

Lakhmi C. Jain 博士（Ph.D.）、碩士（M.E.）、榮譽學士（B.E. (Hons)）、澳大利亞工程師學會院士，任職於澳大利亞悉尼科技大學和英國利物浦希望大學。Jain教授創立了 KES International，為專業社群提供出版、知識交流、合作和團隊合作的機會。KES 涉及約5000名來自全球大學和公司的研究人員，促進國際合作並在教學和研究中產生協同效應。KES 定期通過其領域內最大的會議之一為專業社群提供網絡機會。他的研究興趣集中在人工智慧範式及其在複雜系統、安全性、電子教育、電子醫療、無人飛行器和智能代理中的應用。